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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1932-03-09

1932-03-09-001

ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL
FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED
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NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
READ HV BRIGHT PEOPLE
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VOL. 10—NO IS.
bIoWtmddress
the y-indus club
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932
.00 PER YEAR.
PRAISES N. 0, BOYS
M. E. Wagoner of Kent State College
Likes Basketball Team.
Secretary of State Will Be the
Principal Speaker At Father-
Mother, Brother-Sister Ban-1
quet On Wednesday Evening,
April 27, In Canton.
EVERYBODY IS INVITED
M. R. Bixler, principal of the North
Canton high school, received a letter
from ,M. E. Wagoner, tournament
manager, of Kent State college, this
Wednesday morning. Among other
things, Mr. Wagoner said:
"We greatly appreciate the support
which North Canton high school gave
to the tournament. It is our belief
that your school furnished a bigger
part of the gate receipts than, any
other school. The spirit shown by
your team and coach, as well as by
the delegate of supporters that followed them, was so fine that we want
to congratulate you. It will be a pleasure to welcome all of you back to'
the District Tournament, and we wish
vou well."
NORTH CANTON HIGH
TO MEET FAST ONE
is Plumber Is Highly Honored
Coach Ruch's Lads Go To Kent
On Friday Afternoon and
Face Lowellville, One of the
Best Bunch' of Basketball
Players In Tournament.
N. C. WINS NIFTY TROPHY
BOWLING TONIGHT
Orchard Hills and Rabel Dairy Will
Play Strong Teams In the
(•(immunity Building.
The Sun received word this Wednesday morning that Secretary of
State Clarence J. Brown will be the
principal speaker before Roosevelt
chapter, Y-Indus of Canton when it
sponsors the annual father-mother,
brother-sister banquet on Wednesday
evening, April 27, in the dining hall of
the First Presbyterian church, Canton.
Myron P. Markley, manly young
son of the renowned Joseph M., is in
charge of the arrangements, which
means that it is going to be a success.
A Club In North Canton
North Canton has a Y-Indus club.
Clubs are in many towns in Stark
county and a large turnout is expected. It must not be assumed, however,
that this banquet is merely for the
members of the Y-Indus club and
their relatives. It is for the general
public. John W. Rost, advisor of the
Roosevelt chapter, believes with Myron P. Markley that "This affair
promises to be one of the outstanding
events of the year in Stark county
and anyone interested is cordially
welcome to attend."
Will Sell Tickets
Tickets will be placed on sale within the next few days, and The Sun
understands the price has been placed
within the reach of all. Additional
information will be published in The
Sun between now and April.
FUNERAL ON FRIDAY
Walter W. Troash Will Be Buried In
Uniontown Cemetery.
Orchard Hills Bowling team, will
bowl the North Canton girls this
(Wednesday) evening in the Community Building at 7:30.
"Orchard Hills team is leading the
Ladies' Class B. League of Canton.
Anothe match scheduled for tlie
same hour and place will be the
Rabel Dairy Girls (leaders of class A
league of Canton) vs. one of the
! men's teams of the Hoover League.
I These games promise to be interesting
land will attract many spectators.
LAKE GRANGE PLAY
I "Oh, Didn't It Rain!" Will Be Given
' Saturday Night.
Walter W. Treash, aged 28 years,
died on Tuesday at noon, in the home
of his mother, Mrs. Clara Smith, in
Uniontown.
. He is survived by his mother, two
sisters, Ruth of the home and Mrs.
August Swonger of North Canton, one
brother Carl, of the home.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m.
on Friday, in his late home, and at
2:30 in the Reformed church of
Uniontown, the Rev. W. S. Adams
officiating.
Interment in Greenlawn cemetery,
Uniontown.
Tlie body will be taken from the
Myers & Son funeral parlors to his
mother's residence this (Wednesday)
evening.
A.s announced in The Sun last week,
' Lake Grange will present the comedy-drama, "Oh, Didn't It Rain!" in
the Grange hall, Uniontown, on Saturday night, March 12. Following is
the cast and the synopsis:
I Cast of Characters
Mr. Delaney, a young New Yorker . .
Robert Shoemaker
Sam Johnsing, Delaney's colored man
Melvin Snyder
Marilyn Ross, Vivian Cole, Pauline
! McKay, girls from the Rosedale
Seminary; Carrie Snyder, Alma
Gillespie, Ann Dolly
Samantha Jewett, old maid teacher
| Rozella Boyer
I Dinah, cook from the Seminary
i Mrs. R. C. Miller
' Isaac Dobbs, Justice of the Peace
Ralph Bowers
! John Bartlett and Bob Stires, college
boys out camping—Arthur Hirsch-
man, Ralph Myers
Mr. Perry Owen and Mrs. Perry
! Owen, new rich oil people from
Oklahoma—Alfred Myers and
Mrs. Elmer Brandon
j Place: Delaney's camp on Saranac,
I Lake, Adirondacks.
Time: Slimmer. -
! Synopsis
I Act 1—The Delaney camp in the
Adirondacks. A day in summer with
the ruin pouring down. Sam arrives
| and interrupts Isaac Dobbs, who is
j helping himself lo tobacco. "De lake
am full oh gals." Dinah hears "de
, hoot owl hoot," and her prognostica-
i tions come true when she catches the
burglar.
Act II—The burglar causes some
, excitement. College boys to the rescue.
I Nobody knows him? Mr. and Mrs.
Owen return from the co%v barn. Sam
1 returns and tells Delaney "dis am no
place fo' you." Mrs. Owen loses her
diamonds and accuses Delaney.
Act III—Delaney still a prisoner.
Marilyn defends him. Miss Jewett is
interested in Isaac. Marilyn sings and
finds her aviator, and. everybody i.s
happy.
North Canton high basketball team
I drew a bye in the first round of the
district tournament at Kent to be held
' Friday and Saturday of this week.
In the second round they will meet
the representatives of Lowellville
, high schdbl.
All teams in the district loui-nn-
! ment are strong and have imposing
records so there is little choice of eas.
teams.
Praisi North Canton
In the sectional eliminations last
I week North Canton placed third but
! in the opinion of sports writers was
I easily the second best team iir the
| tournament. Defeated only by Gar-
1 rettsville, the tournament winner, in
the semi-finals, the local boys looked
good but never attained the dash and
speeil displayed the previous week in
the county tourney.
Strenuous Games
For the third consecutive Saturday-
night Canal Fulton was defeated in
i the consolation game to the tune of
27-13.
The strenuous games previously
played showed effect on both teams,
, slowing them up considerably.
! Win Trophy
Trophies were awarded to the first
three places so another emblem of
; victory reposes in the high school
trophy case.
Friday afternoon games at Kent
will start at 12:30 and the evening
session will start at 7:00.
Told Without |
Varnish
Looking To Uncle Sam
For Everything
By BEN LONG
FRANK N. SWEITZER
TO RUN FOR JUDGE
Former Prosecutor of Stark
County Has Filed As a Candidate For Long Term For
Court of Appeals In the Fifth
District—An Able Lawyer.
France appreciates good craftsmanship. M. Verger, a plumber of Paris,
is here seen being decoraled with the medallion of tlie; l.egion of Honor by
.M. 1'oinaret, undersecretary of the French Technical Educational society,
for having been named one of the eighteen best tradesmen in all of France.
KIDNAPPING CASES
SELDOM REPORTED
SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS
TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY
Police Chiefs Estimate That
One-Third Never Reach the
Public or the Sleuths of the
Law—Ask That Death Penalty Be Imposed.
Speakers Will Address Pupils In
the North Canton Schools On
Every Day Dangers and On
Tuesday Evening There Will
Be a Meeting In Canton.
C. C. FOSTER BURIED
Well Known Resident of North Canton
Was "A Good Citizen."
MANY PERSONS TORTURED -SAFETY SAVES SORROW"
Clintoii C. Foster of South Main
street died in his home on Friday at
S:00 a. m. at the age of 75 years, following a long illness.
He is survived bv his wife; one son
Robert C. Foster of North Canton;
two daughters, Mrs. Emma Lichten-
walter and Mrs. Anna Krumroy of
Akron, one brother, Charles F. Foster, and one sister, Mrs: Gregg both
of Akron.
Funeral services were held in the
home on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock with the Rev. Melvin E. Beck
and tlie Rev. H. V. Summers officiating, assisted by Lee T. Lewis. Interment in North Canton cemetery.
Bojrn Near Greensburg
Mr. Foster was born near Greensburg and had lived in Summit county
until 25 years ago when he moved to
North Clinton. He was a school teacher and served as justice of the peace
for many years. For the last 25
years he was the right-of-way man
for the East Ohio Gas Company. He
was a member of Zion Reformed
church of North Canton.
Clintoii C. Foster was a "good citizen," and he contributed in many
ways to make North Canton a modern
town. '
New Auto Routes j
New auto routes will he found on
the back page.
—.—.—o !
The Machine and Leisure
Mechanical equipment should create j
opportunity for leisure, not unemployment.—William Green.
No Alternative
Mother (who has guest at dinner)
—Bettv, don't talk with your mouth
full.
Bettv—But, mummy, what am 1 to
do'.' When I talk with my mouth
empty, you always say, "Betty, go
on with your dinner."—Punch
o
In Lieu of Cash
Mrs. Jones—I understand you've
got your divorce, Mandy. Did you get
any alimony from your husband'.'
Laundrywoman—No, Mrs. Jones,
but he dolie give me a first-class reference.
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Monday's Meeting
The regular meeting on Monday
evening brought out the largest attendance that has been present for
some time and was presided over by-
First Vice-Commander, Roy Harpold,
in the absence of Commander M. R.
Bixler, who did not get to the meeting until late because of other.business.
The greater part of the evening was
given over to a discussion of ways
and means of maintaining and building up the Drum Corps which in the
last few years has brought so much
favorable publicity to Nortli Canton
Post of the American Legion and to
the entire community.
After a thorough and frank discussion of the problems and difficulties
confronting the Drum Corps at this
time, it was felt by all that the situation had been thoroughly analyzed
and that the way had been opened for
the development of a Corps that may
be expected to have a successful season the coming summer.
, Visitors From Rotary Club
Tlie members of the Post were
pleased to have a representation from
(he North Canton Rotary club present
at the meeting on Monday evening.
In the person of their president, Frank
Gross, and Rotarians Lee Lewis, Carl
Sponseller and Paul Rempe they
brought us assurances of good will
and co-operation. Come again, Rotarians.
Membership Committee
March l(i is the deadline to get the
Post membership up to 100 per cent
if we want to qualify for the Paul
Herbert membership plaque. To expedite this work a membership committee of five Legionnaires was appointed.
Said committee consists of Harpold,
Gerber, Jester, Curry and Herbruck.
You, veterans, that have not signed
up for 1932, do so in time to get our
post over the top long enough before
March 10 to qualify for the above-
mentioned trophy. Remember tlie installment plan of paying dues whereby payment may be made at the rate
of a dollar a month.
Sub-District Council
On Monday evening, March 14, the
sub-district council, consisting of
Carroll and Stark counties, will meet
with' the Brewster Post. Vico-Com-
[Continued on back page]
Next regular meeting will ho held
this Thursday evening, March 10.
The County Council will meet in
Canton on Tuesday, March 15.
On March 17, St. Patrick's day, the
local unit will hold a card party in
the Legion rooms. The public is invited to attend.
Veterans Making Poppies
Several thousand disabled World
War veterans are being given employment making the memorial poppies
which the American Legion Auxiliary
will ask tlie public to wear on "Poppy
day," May 28, in honor of the World
War dead.
Poppies are being made this year
in 58 hospitals ami work rooms located in 34 dilferent states. Employment is being given to needy disabled
veterans who are unable to perform
[Continued on page three]
Special to The Sun ■
Boston, March 9—The Boston Daily j
Post in a copyright article on kidnap- ;
ping says this morning: |
The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police |
Association went on record yesterday
as favoring the bills now before Con- ■
gress providing for the death penalty j
to kidnappers and a 20-year impris-1
onment for using the mails to demand '
ransoms. ,
They took this action after Chief,
of Police Joseph A. Gerk of St. Louis,!
father of the bills, told the chiefs, at
1 their monthly meeting at Wyman's
Tavern, Arlington, some of the facts;
he had gathered in regard to kidnap-;
ping in his own and other large cities j
of the country. 1
Kidnapping Kept Quiet
The St. Louis chief has just returned from Washington whore he
appeared at the hearings given on the
two bills and stated that he believed
the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby
was the work of an amateur. The
racketeers who have organized rings
to abduct children and wealthy citizens would not pick such a nrominent
child as Colonel Lindbergh's son with
the hopes of collecting money, he believes.
Chief Gerk estimated that only one-
third of the kidnapping cases
; throughout the country are reported
to the police. He believes that in most
cases the families of the victims pay
the sums demanded by the racketeers
rather than run the risk ot naving
their loved ones harmed. He based
this estimate on a survey which he
made showing that out of 279 cases
of kidnapping last year there were
only 09 convictions. In some cases,
' where the principals denied that they
paid the ransom, the police had reason to believe that the money was
turned over to the racketeers as demanded.
Forcing Victims To Act
The St. Louis chief stated that in
one case the kidnappers seated their
victim in the centre of a circle of
blazing gasolene and forced him to
write the ransom letter to his family.
In another case the kidnapped man
was buried in a coffin fitted with an
air shaft and he was told that if the
letter was not written this pipe would
be filled in with earth, and in a third
instance the captive was forced to
write the ransom letter with a red
hot poker held to his head.
Last November, the chief staled,
John Soy, a wealthy business man of
his city, was taken out of his automobile on a crowded boulevard while
the victim was being driven home to
dinner and taken outside the city limits. Soy was held for six days and
released without the payment of
j money, he said. In this case, six men
! were arrested and the recent trial of
' one of them has resulted in a sentence
I of ilil years.
I Says Mure Law Nettled
i In Chicago, he said, the mother of
; a little girl who was kidnapped received a two-foot section of rope
' through the mail with the information
; that her little daughter would be
strangled with the remaining section
of rope if the money demanded was
not paid. In this case the ransom was
promptly turned over to the racke-
; leers.
! "It seems almost unbelievable that
' there is nothing in the federal laws
to prohibit the kidnappers from send-
: ing a message of that kind through
i the mails to the anguished mother,"
: said Chief Gerk. "It is unfortunate
. that something as appalling as the
j kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby-
should occur before the necessary legislation is passed by. Congress."
A one week safety campaign will
be staged in North Canton, Canton
and other sections of Stark county
beginning on Sunday, March 13.
Speakers will address the pupils in St.
Paul's school and the public schools
during the week.
Five representatives of the Ohio Industrial Commission, division of safety and hygiene, personally will assist
in making the local safety campaign
an outstanding success. Four of these
men will spend the entire week, of the
campaign In this city, giving their full
time to this work. The five men are
Thomas P. Reams, superintendent of'
the division of safety and hygiene of
the Ohio Industrial Commission,:
Harrv L. Sain and Sidney Smith, special representatives, P. B. Martens,
safety engineer, and H. P. Hoyne,
safety engineer for this district.
Rally At Canton Auditorium
Features of the one-week safety
1 program include a safety rally at the
, City' Auditorium, Canton, to which
every man, woman and child i" Stark
County is invited. This event is
scheduled for Tuesday evening, March
15, beginning al 7::i0 o'clock.
There will be music entertainment,
films and speakers.
Campaign slogan is "Safety Saves
Sorrow" and headquarters are located
! at the Cantton Chamber of Commerce
■ offices.
I Many Will Co-operate
| The Canton Chamber of Commerce,
! the Canton Automobile Club, the
i Canton Safety Council, the Industrial
| Corporation of Stark County and the
j Industrial Commission of Ohio are
joining in the sponsorship of this
worthy undertaking. Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, public and parochial schools,
junior police, firemen, the police _de-
partnient, women's organizations, civic
groups, service clubs, elmrches, retail
institutions and industrial concerns
will co-operate.
The Safety Pledge will be found on
the hack. page.
UNDERSTAND one thing: This article does not apply to a bonus
for World .War men. They arc
not asking charity. They are simply
asking for what rightfully belongs to
them. Can our people, wholly aside
from the question of the money involved, afford to tuin down their defenders '.'
:>: :f :|:
WING a knowledge of the closing
years in tho SO's and knowing
I'i din personal experience thai,
the la.-.t four years of Grover Cleveland's administration were the worst
financially in my time, at least, I am
forced to say that the present "depression" would have been regarded
in IWl.'l, '91, '95 and '90 as "prosperous times."
As 1 have stated in this column,
the four years of Grover Cleveland's
last term were really "lean years,"
and the depression was strictly political. Employers deliberately discharged their employes and three industrial concerns jn Philadelphia, Pa.,
refused contracts' worth millions of
dollars "because it would help the
party in power."
X X X
THIS writer was a political writer
on- a morning newspaper in
Philadelphia in the '90's when
Coxey's Army, now little more than
a memory, marched from Massillon
to Washington with his slogan of
"unhorse the coupon clippers." He was
arrested for walking on the White I
House grass and his "army" was j
driven out of Washington. r
Nothing like that happens today.!
Motley crowds march to state capitals !
and even to Washington, but there is
no excitement. Governors provide j
meals for the marchers, give them th"
glad hand, and advise them to return i
to their homes. [
Grovel- Cleveland was of dilferent
kidney. He vetoed a bill Congress
passed to "lend $11(5,000 to the onion
growers of Texas." He vetoed pension bills of $12 a month voted to disabled Civil War veterans. The fact
that he sent a substitute to fight for i
him may have deadened his sympathy.
Buffalo, New York, where he first got
his political start, has no monument
to him, I have beell told, because "Re- j
publicans are not yet ready to honor j
him, and Democrats won't."
:!: :i: :i: , ;
SOFTNESS and decadence usually !
follow excessive wealth, if not in
tlie first or second, almost inevitably in the third and fourth gem rations; and the United States, moving
more rapidly in the making- of wealth
than most nations, moves with cui-
respoiiding speed to _;<-t rid ol it.
No easier w.iv presents itself than
through government, and one condition operates peculiarly in this coun-
' try to develop a habit, an era, (if gov-
, ernmental spending which, ultimately,
i and perhaps before long, will bring
'■ us back to shirtsleeves.
CLEAN, CONSCIENTIOUS
I
FRANK N. SWEITZER
Frank N. Sweitzer, a prominent
lawyer of Canton and former Prosecuting Attorney of Stark county, has
filed with the Board of Elections a
declaration of candidacy and petition
as a candidate for the long term as
Judge of the Court of Appeals in the
Fifth district. The term begins February 9, 1933.
The district is composed of Stark,
Tuscarawas, Muskingum, Richland,
Licking, Fairfield, Perry, Knox, Coshocton, Ashland, Delaware, Holmes,
Morrow and Morgan counties.
Able and Conscientious
Mr. Sweitzer is recognized, as an
able and conscientious lawyer with a
disposition and capacity to perform
public service faithfully and intelligently. He is considered one of the
ablest Prosecuting Attorneys Stark
county has had.
LODGES ME ACTIVE;
DON'T MIND WEATHER
Knights oi' Pythias and Odd Fellows Are Not Only Attending
To Regular Business, But Are
Finding Time To Indulge In a
Little Pleasure On the Side.
H. S. GLEE CLUB TONIGHT
THE WOJAfS CLUB
Fine I'.rograniM Are Features of the
Spring Months.
The .North Canton Woman's club
held .their regular meeting in the
Community Building on Monday
evening.
A fine program was given. Mrs.
Spohn sang "Trees," by Joyce Kilmer,
Mrs. Raul Geiger of Massillon, state
chairman of conservation gave an interesting address.
Solo, a garden song, by Mrs. Spohn
at tlie close of the meeting.
Next Meeting, March 20
The next meeting will be held in
the Community Christian church on
Sunday evening, March 20.
The program will consist of piano
selections by Mrs. Wm. Carlownky;
organ numbers by Miss Elthel
Schmucker and a group of vocal solos
by Mrs. Keller. Those ladies are from
Canton.
Mrs. George W. Hurlburt will give
a number of readings. The payment
of dues will be greatly appreciated/
:j: X %
THE orgy of national spending and
heedlessness has reached its climax in the attempt to destroy Un-
American character with the borrowed
dollar. As a result of this progressive
j degeneration, bureaus and commis-
I sions are spending more of the pco-
| pie's money every year. It is a dan-
| gerous and unstable form of alleged
i relief that can be extended only by
: borrowing, for this must be done
i again and again, if wc are to abandon the efforts at self-help, which has
'■ been the genius of American chari-
■ table efforts, and depend upon government to support us.
Government cannot bestow charity
as a -system without the system be-
! coming embedded as a national insti-
: tution, as Eengland has found to her
i cost. We cannot accept these gratui-
i tous offerings of the politicians without becoming a nation of almoners, as
' so many people are now, and clanior-
j ing for more.
PAGEANT, SUNDAY
"The Risen King" Will Bo Given In
Christian Church.
The Main Thing
"Your fiance conies of good stock,
doesn't he, dear'.'"
"I can't say as to that, auntie, but
I know he owns plenty of it."
From Trench To Toe
"Murphy got rich quick, didn't he?"
"He got rich so quick that he can't
swing a golf club without spitting on
his hands."
"The Risen King," mi Easier pageant, will be given in the Community
! Christian church on Sunday night,
| March 13, at 7:30.
' In time the pageant covers tho last
i week leading up to Faster and the
', story of the resurrection.
It has action, pathos ami joy. Tin-
cast:
' Rebecca, a widow..Mrs. Ceo. Hurlburt
Rachel, her daughter Kay Harsh
Peter, a cripple son....Sammy Pfouts
Anna Mrs. Fry
Judith Miss Alberta Gilbert
Lois Mrs. Frank Evans
Hannah Marguerite Schick
Helen Mrs. Paul Evans
'Diana Mrs. Kolp.
i Anna Jane Reeder
I Naomi Elizabeth Schiltz
1 Marv Barbara Swarner
. Josiah Vernon Conrad
i Scribe Mr- Schug
i Pharisee Mr. Boger
i This pageant will be given in cos-1
' tume and is being directed by .Mrs.
' Ralph Vogt.
Judging from what The Sun learns,
Ihe cold snap has not cooled the ardor
of members, of fraternal societies in
this territory, and Loyalty Lodge, No.
409, Knights of Pythias, of North
Canton, and Hadassah Lodge, No. 45ft
I. O. O. F., of Greentown, are keeping the meetings up to standard.
Hadassah Lodge was well attended at
the last meeting, and brothers were
present from Cuyahoga Falls, Akron
and Medina.
The third degree will be conferred
on Friday evening, March 11, also an
election to an important office. It is
sincerely hoped that the full membership will feel it a solemn duty to be
present, at the election on Friday.
Knights of Pythias
This Wednesday evening the members of Loyalty Lodge will have the
pleasure of hearing the Glee club of
the North Canton high school. These-
singers are in demand in many parts
of Stark county, and the brothers will
miss something worth while if they
stay at home. So come up and have
ail hour's pleasure with us.
German Band of Comet
The German band of Comet was
with us last week. Surely a. bunch of
"Dutch." You should hear the leader.
Never knew that Stanley Spitler could
pull the "Dutch boy" stuff, did you?
Well, he did, and ill great style.
County Meeting
On Monday evening, March 1-1, the
county meeting will be held at Alliance. We want a good turn out from
here. In April it will be at North
Canton.
Card Party, March 10
Wednesday evening, March 10,
members of the I. O. O. F. of Greentown are coming down to spend the
evening with us. Sam Stayer and
Alio McCivary have asked to have
our best card players up as they don't
care to practice. We hope to give
them ii trimming this time.
Try and visit your lodge whenever
vou can.
JOHN SHOOK, K. of R. and S.
o
Consistent, Anyway
He (after a spat over bills) — When
I married you 1 thought vou were an
angel—and I think so still".
She—It's quite plain thai you do.
You think 1 can manage without
either dresses or hats.

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NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932
.00 PER YEAR.
PRAISES N. 0, BOYS
M. E. Wagoner of Kent State College
Likes Basketball Team.
Secretary of State Will Be the
Principal Speaker At Father-
Mother, Brother-Sister Ban-1
quet On Wednesday Evening,
April 27, In Canton.
EVERYBODY IS INVITED
M. R. Bixler, principal of the North
Canton high school, received a letter
from ,M. E. Wagoner, tournament
manager, of Kent State college, this
Wednesday morning. Among other
things, Mr. Wagoner said:
"We greatly appreciate the support
which North Canton high school gave
to the tournament. It is our belief
that your school furnished a bigger
part of the gate receipts than, any
other school. The spirit shown by
your team and coach, as well as by
the delegate of supporters that followed them, was so fine that we want
to congratulate you. It will be a pleasure to welcome all of you back to'
the District Tournament, and we wish
vou well."
NORTH CANTON HIGH
TO MEET FAST ONE
is Plumber Is Highly Honored
Coach Ruch's Lads Go To Kent
On Friday Afternoon and
Face Lowellville, One of the
Best Bunch' of Basketball
Players In Tournament.
N. C. WINS NIFTY TROPHY
BOWLING TONIGHT
Orchard Hills and Rabel Dairy Will
Play Strong Teams In the
(•(immunity Building.
The Sun received word this Wednesday morning that Secretary of
State Clarence J. Brown will be the
principal speaker before Roosevelt
chapter, Y-Indus of Canton when it
sponsors the annual father-mother,
brother-sister banquet on Wednesday
evening, April 27, in the dining hall of
the First Presbyterian church, Canton.
Myron P. Markley, manly young
son of the renowned Joseph M., is in
charge of the arrangements, which
means that it is going to be a success.
A Club In North Canton
North Canton has a Y-Indus club.
Clubs are in many towns in Stark
county and a large turnout is expected. It must not be assumed, however,
that this banquet is merely for the
members of the Y-Indus club and
their relatives. It is for the general
public. John W. Rost, advisor of the
Roosevelt chapter, believes with Myron P. Markley that "This affair
promises to be one of the outstanding
events of the year in Stark county
and anyone interested is cordially
welcome to attend."
Will Sell Tickets
Tickets will be placed on sale within the next few days, and The Sun
understands the price has been placed
within the reach of all. Additional
information will be published in The
Sun between now and April.
FUNERAL ON FRIDAY
Walter W. Troash Will Be Buried In
Uniontown Cemetery.
Orchard Hills Bowling team, will
bowl the North Canton girls this
(Wednesday) evening in the Community Building at 7:30.
"Orchard Hills team is leading the
Ladies' Class B. League of Canton.
Anothe match scheduled for tlie
same hour and place will be the
Rabel Dairy Girls (leaders of class A
league of Canton) vs. one of the
! men's teams of the Hoover League.
I These games promise to be interesting
land will attract many spectators.
LAKE GRANGE PLAY
I "Oh, Didn't It Rain!" Will Be Given
' Saturday Night.
Walter W. Treash, aged 28 years,
died on Tuesday at noon, in the home
of his mother, Mrs. Clara Smith, in
Uniontown.
. He is survived by his mother, two
sisters, Ruth of the home and Mrs.
August Swonger of North Canton, one
brother Carl, of the home.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m.
on Friday, in his late home, and at
2:30 in the Reformed church of
Uniontown, the Rev. W. S. Adams
officiating.
Interment in Greenlawn cemetery,
Uniontown.
Tlie body will be taken from the
Myers & Son funeral parlors to his
mother's residence this (Wednesday)
evening.
A.s announced in The Sun last week,
' Lake Grange will present the comedy-drama, "Oh, Didn't It Rain!" in
the Grange hall, Uniontown, on Saturday night, March 12. Following is
the cast and the synopsis:
I Cast of Characters
Mr. Delaney, a young New Yorker . .
Robert Shoemaker
Sam Johnsing, Delaney's colored man
Melvin Snyder
Marilyn Ross, Vivian Cole, Pauline
! McKay, girls from the Rosedale
Seminary; Carrie Snyder, Alma
Gillespie, Ann Dolly
Samantha Jewett, old maid teacher
| Rozella Boyer
I Dinah, cook from the Seminary
i Mrs. R. C. Miller
' Isaac Dobbs, Justice of the Peace
Ralph Bowers
! John Bartlett and Bob Stires, college
boys out camping—Arthur Hirsch-
man, Ralph Myers
Mr. Perry Owen and Mrs. Perry
! Owen, new rich oil people from
Oklahoma—Alfred Myers and
Mrs. Elmer Brandon
j Place: Delaney's camp on Saranac,
I Lake, Adirondacks.
Time: Slimmer. -
! Synopsis
I Act 1—The Delaney camp in the
Adirondacks. A day in summer with
the ruin pouring down. Sam arrives
| and interrupts Isaac Dobbs, who is
j helping himself lo tobacco. "De lake
am full oh gals." Dinah hears "de
, hoot owl hoot," and her prognostica-
i tions come true when she catches the
burglar.
Act II—The burglar causes some
, excitement. College boys to the rescue.
I Nobody knows him? Mr. and Mrs.
Owen return from the co%v barn. Sam
1 returns and tells Delaney "dis am no
place fo' you." Mrs. Owen loses her
diamonds and accuses Delaney.
Act III—Delaney still a prisoner.
Marilyn defends him. Miss Jewett is
interested in Isaac. Marilyn sings and
finds her aviator, and. everybody i.s
happy.
North Canton high basketball team
I drew a bye in the first round of the
district tournament at Kent to be held
' Friday and Saturday of this week.
In the second round they will meet
the representatives of Lowellville
, high schdbl.
All teams in the district loui-nn-
! ment are strong and have imposing
records so there is little choice of eas.
teams.
Praisi North Canton
In the sectional eliminations last
I week North Canton placed third but
! in the opinion of sports writers was
I easily the second best team iir the
| tournament. Defeated only by Gar-
1 rettsville, the tournament winner, in
the semi-finals, the local boys looked
good but never attained the dash and
speeil displayed the previous week in
the county tourney.
Strenuous Games
For the third consecutive Saturday-
night Canal Fulton was defeated in
i the consolation game to the tune of
27-13.
The strenuous games previously
played showed effect on both teams,
, slowing them up considerably.
! Win Trophy
Trophies were awarded to the first
three places so another emblem of
; victory reposes in the high school
trophy case.
Friday afternoon games at Kent
will start at 12:30 and the evening
session will start at 7:00.
Told Without |
Varnish
Looking To Uncle Sam
For Everything
By BEN LONG
FRANK N. SWEITZER
TO RUN FOR JUDGE
Former Prosecutor of Stark
County Has Filed As a Candidate For Long Term For
Court of Appeals In the Fifth
District—An Able Lawyer.
France appreciates good craftsmanship. M. Verger, a plumber of Paris,
is here seen being decoraled with the medallion of tlie; l.egion of Honor by
.M. 1'oinaret, undersecretary of the French Technical Educational society,
for having been named one of the eighteen best tradesmen in all of France.
KIDNAPPING CASES
SELDOM REPORTED
SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS
TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY
Police Chiefs Estimate That
One-Third Never Reach the
Public or the Sleuths of the
Law—Ask That Death Penalty Be Imposed.
Speakers Will Address Pupils In
the North Canton Schools On
Every Day Dangers and On
Tuesday Evening There Will
Be a Meeting In Canton.
C. C. FOSTER BURIED
Well Known Resident of North Canton
Was "A Good Citizen."
MANY PERSONS TORTURED -SAFETY SAVES SORROW"
Clintoii C. Foster of South Main
street died in his home on Friday at
S:00 a. m. at the age of 75 years, following a long illness.
He is survived bv his wife; one son
Robert C. Foster of North Canton;
two daughters, Mrs. Emma Lichten-
walter and Mrs. Anna Krumroy of
Akron, one brother, Charles F. Foster, and one sister, Mrs: Gregg both
of Akron.
Funeral services were held in the
home on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock with the Rev. Melvin E. Beck
and tlie Rev. H. V. Summers officiating, assisted by Lee T. Lewis. Interment in North Canton cemetery.
Bojrn Near Greensburg
Mr. Foster was born near Greensburg and had lived in Summit county
until 25 years ago when he moved to
North Clinton. He was a school teacher and served as justice of the peace
for many years. For the last 25
years he was the right-of-way man
for the East Ohio Gas Company. He
was a member of Zion Reformed
church of North Canton.
Clintoii C. Foster was a "good citizen," and he contributed in many
ways to make North Canton a modern
town. '
New Auto Routes j
New auto routes will he found on
the back page.
—.—.—o !
The Machine and Leisure
Mechanical equipment should create j
opportunity for leisure, not unemployment.—William Green.
No Alternative
Mother (who has guest at dinner)
—Bettv, don't talk with your mouth
full.
Bettv—But, mummy, what am 1 to
do'.' When I talk with my mouth
empty, you always say, "Betty, go
on with your dinner."—Punch
o
In Lieu of Cash
Mrs. Jones—I understand you've
got your divorce, Mandy. Did you get
any alimony from your husband'.'
Laundrywoman—No, Mrs. Jones,
but he dolie give me a first-class reference.
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Monday's Meeting
The regular meeting on Monday
evening brought out the largest attendance that has been present for
some time and was presided over by-
First Vice-Commander, Roy Harpold,
in the absence of Commander M. R.
Bixler, who did not get to the meeting until late because of other.business.
The greater part of the evening was
given over to a discussion of ways
and means of maintaining and building up the Drum Corps which in the
last few years has brought so much
favorable publicity to Nortli Canton
Post of the American Legion and to
the entire community.
After a thorough and frank discussion of the problems and difficulties
confronting the Drum Corps at this
time, it was felt by all that the situation had been thoroughly analyzed
and that the way had been opened for
the development of a Corps that may
be expected to have a successful season the coming summer.
, Visitors From Rotary Club
Tlie members of the Post were
pleased to have a representation from
(he North Canton Rotary club present
at the meeting on Monday evening.
In the person of their president, Frank
Gross, and Rotarians Lee Lewis, Carl
Sponseller and Paul Rempe they
brought us assurances of good will
and co-operation. Come again, Rotarians.
Membership Committee
March l(i is the deadline to get the
Post membership up to 100 per cent
if we want to qualify for the Paul
Herbert membership plaque. To expedite this work a membership committee of five Legionnaires was appointed.
Said committee consists of Harpold,
Gerber, Jester, Curry and Herbruck.
You, veterans, that have not signed
up for 1932, do so in time to get our
post over the top long enough before
March 10 to qualify for the above-
mentioned trophy. Remember tlie installment plan of paying dues whereby payment may be made at the rate
of a dollar a month.
Sub-District Council
On Monday evening, March 14, the
sub-district council, consisting of
Carroll and Stark counties, will meet
with' the Brewster Post. Vico-Com-
[Continued on back page]
Next regular meeting will ho held
this Thursday evening, March 10.
The County Council will meet in
Canton on Tuesday, March 15.
On March 17, St. Patrick's day, the
local unit will hold a card party in
the Legion rooms. The public is invited to attend.
Veterans Making Poppies
Several thousand disabled World
War veterans are being given employment making the memorial poppies
which the American Legion Auxiliary
will ask tlie public to wear on "Poppy
day," May 28, in honor of the World
War dead.
Poppies are being made this year
in 58 hospitals ami work rooms located in 34 dilferent states. Employment is being given to needy disabled
veterans who are unable to perform
[Continued on page three]
Special to The Sun ■
Boston, March 9—The Boston Daily j
Post in a copyright article on kidnap- ;
ping says this morning: |
The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police |
Association went on record yesterday
as favoring the bills now before Con- ■
gress providing for the death penalty j
to kidnappers and a 20-year impris-1
onment for using the mails to demand '
ransoms. ,
They took this action after Chief,
of Police Joseph A. Gerk of St. Louis,!
father of the bills, told the chiefs, at
1 their monthly meeting at Wyman's
Tavern, Arlington, some of the facts;
he had gathered in regard to kidnap-;
ping in his own and other large cities j
of the country. 1
Kidnapping Kept Quiet
The St. Louis chief has just returned from Washington whore he
appeared at the hearings given on the
two bills and stated that he believed
the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby
was the work of an amateur. The
racketeers who have organized rings
to abduct children and wealthy citizens would not pick such a nrominent
child as Colonel Lindbergh's son with
the hopes of collecting money, he believes.
Chief Gerk estimated that only one-
third of the kidnapping cases
; throughout the country are reported
to the police. He believes that in most
cases the families of the victims pay
the sums demanded by the racketeers
rather than run the risk ot naving
their loved ones harmed. He based
this estimate on a survey which he
made showing that out of 279 cases
of kidnapping last year there were
only 09 convictions. In some cases,
' where the principals denied that they
paid the ransom, the police had reason to believe that the money was
turned over to the racketeers as demanded.
Forcing Victims To Act
The St. Louis chief stated that in
one case the kidnappers seated their
victim in the centre of a circle of
blazing gasolene and forced him to
write the ransom letter to his family.
In another case the kidnapped man
was buried in a coffin fitted with an
air shaft and he was told that if the
letter was not written this pipe would
be filled in with earth, and in a third
instance the captive was forced to
write the ransom letter with a red
hot poker held to his head.
Last November, the chief staled,
John Soy, a wealthy business man of
his city, was taken out of his automobile on a crowded boulevard while
the victim was being driven home to
dinner and taken outside the city limits. Soy was held for six days and
released without the payment of
j money, he said. In this case, six men
! were arrested and the recent trial of
' one of them has resulted in a sentence
I of ilil years.
I Says Mure Law Nettled
i In Chicago, he said, the mother of
; a little girl who was kidnapped received a two-foot section of rope
' through the mail with the information
; that her little daughter would be
strangled with the remaining section
of rope if the money demanded was
not paid. In this case the ransom was
promptly turned over to the racke-
; leers.
! "It seems almost unbelievable that
' there is nothing in the federal laws
to prohibit the kidnappers from send-
: ing a message of that kind through
i the mails to the anguished mother,"
: said Chief Gerk. "It is unfortunate
. that something as appalling as the
j kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby-
should occur before the necessary legislation is passed by. Congress."
A one week safety campaign will
be staged in North Canton, Canton
and other sections of Stark county
beginning on Sunday, March 13.
Speakers will address the pupils in St.
Paul's school and the public schools
during the week.
Five representatives of the Ohio Industrial Commission, division of safety and hygiene, personally will assist
in making the local safety campaign
an outstanding success. Four of these
men will spend the entire week, of the
campaign In this city, giving their full
time to this work. The five men are
Thomas P. Reams, superintendent of'
the division of safety and hygiene of
the Ohio Industrial Commission,:
Harrv L. Sain and Sidney Smith, special representatives, P. B. Martens,
safety engineer, and H. P. Hoyne,
safety engineer for this district.
Rally At Canton Auditorium
Features of the one-week safety
1 program include a safety rally at the
, City' Auditorium, Canton, to which
every man, woman and child i" Stark
County is invited. This event is
scheduled for Tuesday evening, March
15, beginning al 7::i0 o'clock.
There will be music entertainment,
films and speakers.
Campaign slogan is "Safety Saves
Sorrow" and headquarters are located
! at the Cantton Chamber of Commerce
■ offices.
I Many Will Co-operate
| The Canton Chamber of Commerce,
! the Canton Automobile Club, the
i Canton Safety Council, the Industrial
| Corporation of Stark County and the
j Industrial Commission of Ohio are
joining in the sponsorship of this
worthy undertaking. Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, public and parochial schools,
junior police, firemen, the police _de-
partnient, women's organizations, civic
groups, service clubs, elmrches, retail
institutions and industrial concerns
will co-operate.
The Safety Pledge will be found on
the hack. page.
UNDERSTAND one thing: This article does not apply to a bonus
for World .War men. They arc
not asking charity. They are simply
asking for what rightfully belongs to
them. Can our people, wholly aside
from the question of the money involved, afford to tuin down their defenders '.'
:>: :f :|:
WING a knowledge of the closing
years in tho SO's and knowing
I'i din personal experience thai,
the la.-.t four years of Grover Cleveland's administration were the worst
financially in my time, at least, I am
forced to say that the present "depression" would have been regarded
in IWl.'l, '91, '95 and '90 as "prosperous times."
As 1 have stated in this column,
the four years of Grover Cleveland's
last term were really "lean years,"
and the depression was strictly political. Employers deliberately discharged their employes and three industrial concerns jn Philadelphia, Pa.,
refused contracts' worth millions of
dollars "because it would help the
party in power."
X X X
THIS writer was a political writer
on- a morning newspaper in
Philadelphia in the '90's when
Coxey's Army, now little more than
a memory, marched from Massillon
to Washington with his slogan of
"unhorse the coupon clippers." He was
arrested for walking on the White I
House grass and his "army" was j
driven out of Washington. r
Nothing like that happens today.!
Motley crowds march to state capitals !
and even to Washington, but there is
no excitement. Governors provide j
meals for the marchers, give them th"
glad hand, and advise them to return i
to their homes. [
Grovel- Cleveland was of dilferent
kidney. He vetoed a bill Congress
passed to "lend $11(5,000 to the onion
growers of Texas." He vetoed pension bills of $12 a month voted to disabled Civil War veterans. The fact
that he sent a substitute to fight for i
him may have deadened his sympathy.
Buffalo, New York, where he first got
his political start, has no monument
to him, I have beell told, because "Re- j
publicans are not yet ready to honor j
him, and Democrats won't."
:!: :i: :i: , ;
SOFTNESS and decadence usually !
follow excessive wealth, if not in
tlie first or second, almost inevitably in the third and fourth gem rations; and the United States, moving
more rapidly in the making- of wealth
than most nations, moves with cui-
respoiiding speed to _;